Bloom's first appearance on the screen was in a small role, as a
rent boy, in the 1997 film
Wilde. Two days after graduating from Guildhall in 1999,
[14] he was cast in his first major role, playing
Legolas in
The Lord of the Rings film trilogy (2001–2003).
[13] He had originally auditioned for the part of
Faramir, who does not appear until the second movie, but the director,
Peter Jackson, cast him as Legolas instead. While shooting a scene, he broke a rib after falling off a horse, but eventually recovered and continued shooting.
[15] At the same time, Bloom also played a brief role in the war film
Black Hawk Down as PFC. Todd Blackburn. In 2002, he was chosen as one of the
Teen People "25 Hottest Stars Under 25" and was named
People's hottest Hollywood bachelor in the magazine's 2004 list.
[13] All members of the cast of the Rings films were nominated for Best Ensemble Acting at the
Screen Actors Guild Awards for three years in a row, finally winning in 2003 for the third film,
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King. Bloom has also won other awards, including
European Film Awards, Hollywood Festival Award,
Empire Awardsand
Teen Choice Awards, and has been nominated for many others. Most of Bloom's box office successes have been as part of an
ensemble cast.
[3]
Bloom next starred opposite
Keira Knightley and
Johnny Depp in
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, which was a blockbuster hit during the summer of 2003. After the success of
Pirates, Bloom next took to the screen as Paris, the man who effectively started the
Trojan War, in the 2004 Spring blockbuster,
Troy opposite
Brad Pitt,
Eric Bana and
Peter O'Toole. He subsequently played the lead roles in
Kingdom of Heaven and
Elizabethtown (both 2005). In 2006, Bloom starred in sequel
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest and in the independently made
Haven, of which he was also executive producer. In the same year he was one of the guest stars in the sitcom
Extras, in which he portrayed an exaggeratedly arrogant,
narcissistic version of himself who had a great loathing for
Johnny Depp (his co-star in
Pirates of the Caribbean); Bloom pushed for
Extras to go further by making his part unlikeable, and contributed to the gag about him admiring Depp out of sheer jealously, that Depp was far more talented than he was, not to mention rated higher than him on the 'top hottest' charts.
[16]Also in 2006, Bloom was the most searched male on
Google News.
[7] As of May 2007, Bloom has appeared in four of the top 15 highest grossing films of all time.
[14]
Bloom then again portrayed Will Turner in
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, released on 24 May 2007. Bloom, who had intended to become a stage actor after graduating from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, had stated that he would like to leave films for a time and instead appear in stage roles,
[13]and is "avidly looking for the right sort of material that [he] can do something with"
[17] and go "back to basics".
[18] During the summer of 2007, he appeared in a London revival of
In Celebration, a play by
David Storey.
[18][19] His character was one of three brothers returning home for their parents' 40th wedding anniversary.
[20] On 24 August 2007, he made his first ever TV commercial appearance on late-night Japanese TV, promoting the Uno brand of cosmetics maker Shiseido. A "one night only", 2-minute version of the Sci-Fi themed commercial kicked off the product's marketing campaign.
[21] In 2008 he signed on to play a small role in the British film
An Education[22] but dropped out to take the lead in
Johnny To's film
Red Circle.
[23] Also in 2009, he was one of many stars to appear in
New York, I Love You, which contained twelve short films in one. His most recent film role is in
The Three Musketeers opposite
Milla Jovovich,
Logan Lerman,
Matthew Macfadyen,
Ray Stevenson,
Luke Evans,
Juno Temple and
Christoph Waltz, released in 2011. In October 2011, Orlando Bloom stated that he would like to return for a
fifth Pirates of the Caribbean film if he was offered.
Bloom reprised his role as Legolas in parts two and three of
The Hobbit, Peter Jackson's three-part prequel to
The Lord of the Rings trilogy.
[24]
Bloom made his Broadway stage debut as Romeo in
Romeo and Juliet in August 2013 at the
Richard Rodgers Theatre.
[25] The New York Times theater critic Ben Brantley described Bloom's performance as “
a first-rate Broadway debut” in the title role: “For once, we have a Romeo who evolves substantively, from a posturing youth in love with love, to a man who discovers the startling revelation of real love, with a last-act descent into bilious, bitter anger that verges on madness.”
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